Re: ls --help --version

From:

Bob Proulx

Subject:

Re: ls --help --version

Date:

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:39:59 -0700

> ls --help
> ls --version
>
> don't work as documented in the man page
> ls --version
> is suppose to display version information
> all it displays is "--version"
>
> ls --help
> is suppose to show the man page and exit
Then the odds are good that you are not using GNU version of those
utilities. The GNU version does operate as documented.
ls --version
ls (fileutils) 4.1
And so forth.
Bob